Medieval II: Total War

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Medieval II: Total War

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Just started to play this one, excellent game with excellent graphics. I recomend it strongly!

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Medieval 2 is the latest and greatest game to be released in the best
selling and award-winning Total War series. Set in the years 1080-1530 the
most turbulent period in European history, the game combines a vast, deep-
thinking turn-based strategy campaign with the most cinematic, epic and
brutal real-time battles ever seen in the genre.

A vastly enhanced version of the Total War engine vividly portrays the pure
bloodlust of Medieval warfare with massive battles of more than 10,000 troops
splayed across new graphically rich environments. For the first time in the
Total War series each troop is an individual, garbed with the rich heraldic
colours and glinting arms and armour of the period.

On the battlefield they’ll survey their surroundings for threats and
incoming opponents and react accordingly. When engaged they’ll string
together a series of devastating moves as Medieval 2’s new combat animation
brings the conflict to life like never before. Total War has never been so
ferocious or realistic.

The Medieval 2 grand campaign will hand you the reins of one of an emerging
faction as you set about sweeping throughout Europe, conquering all before
you. Expand your borders and develop your lands for wealth and prosperity by
building cities or swell your army by constructing vast castles to protect
your land and keep your rivals quaking with fear.

Use Princesses for diplomatic gain, Priests to spread the influence of your
religious beliefs and Merchants to fill your coffers for your war effort.
All the time the Pope and the Papal States watch over the Christian world,
assessing the strength of your faith and making demands to prove your
loyalty. Do you cater to his whims and avoid excommunication or plot his
downfall and rig the papal elections to place your own Pope in power?
Homepage:
http://www.totalwar.com/

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Looks like my type of game, RTS?
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Kind of aye :) but you move around on a map until the battle starts and then it turns into a rts. There is a demo out incase you wanna try it before you get it (the full game is 2dvds)

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Post by Gandelf »

Age of Empires 1, 2 and 3... DAoC, WoW, Rome Total War, Medieval Total War... the list goes on!

Doesn't it tell you something? Deep down, we all wish we'd been around when we could chop of heads, disembowel an enemy or two, maybe even sever a few limbs.

Surely there must be enough of us now to forsake the 21st Century and equip ourselves with ancients weapons and do it for real!

Anyone want to try? ;)

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I wouldnt mind giving it a go - get over here and ill slam my claymore into your back :)

btw, AoE 3 was a really bad game imo.

I just crushed the scots...I think my mom will kick my arse tomorrow when I tell her about it :P

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Quite nice speech the king held before we attacked "we do them a favour when we kill them, we free them from their ugly wifes!" (or something like that anyway)

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Post by Xest »

[quote="Gandelf"]Age of Empires 1, 2 and 3... DAoC, WoW, Rome Total War, Medieval Total War... the list goes on!

Doesn't it tell you something? Deep down, we all wish we'd been around when we could chop of heads, disembowel an enemy or two, maybe even sever a few limbs.

Surely there must be enough of us now to forsake the 21st Century and equip ourselves with ancients weapons and do it for real!

Anyone want to try? ]
Just go to the Middle East, that lot is stuck in the middle ages with their kidnappings and beheadings :p
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Just started on it, have to laugh at teh fact in order to play the scots u first have to kill em with the english. Patriotic scots will love that. Looking forward to running about africa and the middle east with robin hood units.
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Maeloch wrote:Just started on it, have to laugh at teh fact in order to play the scots u first have to kill em with the english. Patriotic scots will love that. Looking forward to running about africa and the middle east with robin hood units.

Might want some backup for that as the lot down there seem to rely on light cavalry which have a tendancy to rip through archer units (nothing that the pipe gun doesn't sort out sharpish though).

Rolled over the Scots when I first played (as England) playing as France they seem to be around for ever. I suppose that's because I've sat a French zerg in the south of England.
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<ankh> wrote:I wouldnt mind giving it a go - get over here and ill slam my claymore into your back :)

btw, AoE 3 was a really bad game imo.

I just crushed the scots...I think my mom will kick my arse tomorrow when I tell her about it :P

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